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The Centre has finally selected two districts each in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan for a pilot scheme to study whether cash transfers will work better instead of take-home ration for pregnant women and lactating mothers as well as children between six months and three years of age, more than a year

Boarding ‘general’ compartments — in which seating is not reserved — especially in long-distance trains leaving major cities, has always been an ordeal for passengers. The massive mismatch between the numbers of travellers and the available seats drives people to queue up on platforms up to 10 hours

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has published an Indian Standard for identification, marking and labelling of Pashmina products to certify its purity. In a message Union Minister of Textiles and Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani said that the certification will help curb the

In a countrywide effort to enhance water security, especially in water stressed districts, the Centre initiated Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) has delivered over 3.5 lakh water conservation measures in 256 districts. Out of these, 1.54 lakh are of water conservation and rain water harvesting measures

The UGC, in its 542 ndmeeting held on 02 nd August 2019 has considered the reports of the Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) appointed by Government under the Chairmanship of N Gopalaswami recommending (15) Public institutions and (15) Private institutions for considering to give status of

The total gross GST revenue collected in the month of July, 2019 is ₹ 1,02,083 crore of which CGST is ₹ 17,912 crore, SGST is ₹ 25,008 crore, IGST is ₹ 50,612 crore (including ₹ 24,246 crorecollected on imports) and Cess is ₹ 8,551 crore (including ₹797 crore collected on imports). The total number

केन्द्रीय पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस तथा इस्पात मंत्री धर्मेन्द्र प्रधान ने आज नई दिल्ली में समुदाय स्तर पर नवाचार की भावना को प्रोत्साहन देने के लिए अटल सामुदायिक नवाचार केन्द्र (एसीआईसी) का शुभारंभ किया। इस पहल का उद्देश्य समाज की सेवा करने के लिए समाधान- केन्द्रित प्रयास के माध्यम से नवाचार की

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas &Steel Dharmendra Pradhan today launched Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC) in New Delhi, to encourage the spirit of innovation at the community level. This initiative aims to encourage the spirit of innovation through solution-driven design thinking to

Union Culture Minister (IC) Shri Prahlad Singh Patel announced that opening hours of 10 historical Monuments across the country has been increased and now these Monuments will remain open from Sunrise to 9 pm for common public. The decision made public by Culture Minister while talking to media in

Sixth ship of Class of Eight Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mark-IV vessels - IN LCU L-56 - was commissioned by Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam today. It is 100 th warship of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE)

On the occasion of Global Tiger Day today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of the fourth cycle of All India Tiger Estimation - 2018, at Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi. The count of tigers in India, has risen to 2967, in 2018, according to this survey. Speaking on the occasion, the

The country’s premier engineering colleges – the IITs – could from December onwards have hundreds of students and researchers from Asean countries on their ranks as the Union HRD ministry is looking east to fulfil its twin objectives of getting more international students and boosting research. The